24/02/2014 Inside Out South

Hello from an up and coming resort or drugs capital of the south?

Everywhere you go you know for a fact you can buy drugs. Can a

troubled town turn things around? We will be going beneath the Solent to

hear how this World War I ship was sunk by a German submarine. And,

meet a mother and daughter determined to change their lives for

the better. I have a sweet tooth. I like to eat a chocolate cake, sit

down and eat a chicken dinner. This is Inside Out for the south of

England. First tonight it's become known as

the drugs capital of the south. This is Boscombe in Bournemouth where

people are gathering for a picnic with a difference. They're

remembering loved ones who have died as a result of drug addiction. The

numbers are shocking and every story a family tragedy. Marcel was an

addict herself. Her sister was one of many for whom treatment failed.

She tried. She tried. She tried every rehabilitation possible but

couldn't do it in the end. Really, that's why I had to do it. I had to

do it. Did she go to residential rehab? She did, yeah, but

unfortunately every time she came out she relapsed. Several of the

people here told me they started taking drugs as children. Started

using when I was 14 through an ex`partner that I was with. Got into

the wrong crowds after that, shoplifting, went on to prostitution

at the age of 15. Been nearly six years clean now. It's time for us to

be more open about this, you know, because it always seems there's one

in the family member that's struggling with addiction these

days. This is a mental illness that people suffer with. Islington has a

load of day centres. Unfortunately, for places like Bournemouth and

other Dorset councils and places like that, they open residential

rehabs. What happens is people from London come to these rehabs because

this is the open places we are able to get the people or support we

need. `` only places. Wharf city or town you are from they're not going

to send you to rehab in your area, the idea is to take you away from

where you are and what you are used to and bring you to a totally new

place so you don't have all them distractions. It's an explosion in

the number of people coming for treatment that many say has brought

drug dealers to the area. If you walk through Boscombe on every

street corner tlas guaranteed someone there selling drugs. ``

there's. This is the reason I want to come out because it's always in

your face. Or you have someone asking you do you know where to get

it from, it's always there in your face. It is hard to stay clean in

Boscombe, it really is. I saw someone the other day that had come

from Birmingham here to get clean, he was down here two weeks and he's

relapsed already. It's like coming to Boscombe is probably the worst

place to come. Residential treatment is recognised as the best way to get

people off drugs or alcohol dependency. But very few addicts are

offered this sort of help. In Boscombe on the wider Bournemouth

area it's estimated there are just short of 60 treatment services with

addicts referred from across the country. I am 47 years old. If it

wasn't for this place I wouldn't have made 47 at all. Rehabs are very

limited. I didn't know until I got here that Bournemouth's the capital

of rehab land in the UK. It took me five years to get here. It was a

long, long hard task of begging and pleading with doctors, I was forever

getting knocked back. When I got here I was on my knees. I came in so

yellow, bloated. The night staff on the first night prayed I wouldn't

die. I cheated death twice before, both times I was in hospital for a

month, two`and`a`half weeks in intensive care. Both occasions my

mum got took to the quiet room and told her to make the family aware I

wasn't going to make it through the day. Six months intensive treatment

in here and it has, no doubt, no doubt saved my life. While many

agree on the value of residential help, the concentration of treatment

and rehab centres on Boscombe has been blamed for attracting a

transient population with significant social issues. It's just

another day in Boscombe... Boscombe's full of drugs,

alcoholics, prostitutes. They tried ten years ago, they tried cleaning

Boscombe up and now it's just gone back to the way it was. Two women I

met at the picnic told me Boscombe's reputation is attracting drug

dealers from London. The guy that's just gone past on the bike he is a

dealer from around here, he is from London. He is part of a crew called

the A`Team, they're big in Boscombe. Nothing's really changed it's just

the people, new faces. You have new people coming ` you always know

they're from London. They're always coming from London down here and

everywhere you go you know for a fact you can buy drugs. Doesn't

matter which corner you go to there will be someone there. There's new

dealers around, it's not just new users, there's new dealers.

Everybody comes from London down here now because it's that easy to

sell drugs here. There's no doubt about the fact that there is a drug

and alcohol problem in Boscombe. People aren't necessarily trying to

hide from that. The reality you can't argue from, we are one of the

most deprived places in the UK, yet maybe only one mile away we are in

some of the wealthiest parts, it's almost that contradiction that

doesn't make sense. That's become a little bit of ` the council have to

focus on this and look at it. There are problems, you can walk up the

high street any day and you will see, whether it be drunk people or

people who have taken drugs or look like they may be living in poor

quality accommodation from a cleanliness perspective or whatever

issues, so there are problems Mark is part of a group now determined to

change Boscombe's reputation. He is hopeful about operating Galaxy which

has brought different together groups to tackle some of the area's

problems. Including buying up run`down houses and multiple

occupation and trying to turn them into family homes. There are far too

many single young men mainly living here and we really want to change

that so that we can attract families, working families to come

and live here and put down roots and really increase the feeling of

ownership that people have in Boscombe. A lovely view... You take

ten, 20, 30 years we don't know, it's been 30 or 40 years happening

this situation. So it's no good putting time limits on it. We know

that we will work on this until it's better. The biggest problem with

Boscombe is the transient population. We have a 15`20%

transient population. If we can address that we can turn Boscombe

back into what it was in the old days, which was a fantastic place

for people to come to. That's not to say it isn't that now. There are

pockets of problems. The houses of multiple occupation, the HMOs are

our biggest challenge. They're the ones populated by the transient

population. If we can deal with that, which I am working with the

MPs, working with the council, working with the police, trying to

switch off that tap to stop people coming from London into Bournemouth

with their problems, particularly drug problems. We can make Boscombe

a place that it used to be. That's not welcomed by all. Some believe

attempts to move the vulnerable out of the area is just moving problems

elsewhere. Not solving them. People have a basic human right to move

areas in this country, that's one of the joys of being a British citizen.

You can move to any area you choose. A few years ago the local authority

down here sent letters to other local authorities asking them not to

send people to Bournemouth for rehab, which I can understand.

However, they totally breached those people's human rights. I don't think

Bournemouth has a right to do that. Lorraine runs one of the oldest

established rehab centres in the area. I want to take you for a

little walk to come and see the Boscombe that I love, that people

just never ever bother to stop and take note of. Parts that people

overlook when they're looking for the addicts and the bad parts. You

will get an idea of what I mean about the beautiful houses and the

lovely area and the atmosphere of the place and the ordinary people

that live here in Boscombe. Look at this place, for instance. A few

years ago this was an absolute dump. Look how beautiful it is. Lovely

family homes. Beautifully done. Looking nice. Beautifully kept.

Terrific. You look at this park, absolutely beautiful it could be

with these beautiful houses around and then I can just imagine this in

Victorian times with prams and nannies sitting there talking in the

bandstand in the middle. It could be amazing again. I have some concern

about the downside of the clean`up project. Where are the single

parents, people on low incomes, people who are struggling to pay

rents going to go if all these properties are bought up and turned

into nice houses? What's going to happen to the more vulnerable

members of our society? I am already massively excited about Boscombe. I

lived here as a kid, went to school, I now have a four`year`old and

six`year`old, I live in Boscombe, I have two businesses in Boscombe. I

go for a walk with my dog every day on Boscombe beach. I travelled the

world for two years and I can honestly say there's not many places

better. There is a good local community. Yes, there's some

problems but most people are great. It's the people outside Boscombe

that don't get it and complain about it. People who live here and walk to

their local high street and shops and eat in their local bars and

restaurants, who can walk along one of the best beaches in the country,

we are four miles from Sandbanks, the third most expensive real estate

in the world and you can see it, it's the same water and same sand

and it's just down the coast. Doesn't make sense why Boscombe is

so bad. Or has such a bad reputation. It's actually a stunning

place to live and work. Yeah, the future's bright but it's already

amazing. This is a song for all our friends. It's the spirit of recovery

for me. E.... For people trying to solve the problems of addiction in

Boscombe, many say that the town should be proud of the lives saved

here and that as well as sad ends there have also been many new

beginnings. # When you're down and troubled and you need a helping

hand. My good friends there died in addiction through this. I am clean.

I think their deaths will save many others. That's Julie, Rick and

Tyler, caught up in addiction, didn't stand a chance. Never in

rehab. Right through to the death. God rest their souls. I spread the

message through their mistakes, others will learn and maybe beat

this addiction. I am ten months clean. Happy, I am giving myself a

chance. That's it. Laura Ansal with that report. I

would love to hear your views. Now this year sees the centenary of

World War I. It's a chance for families in the south to discover

what role their relatives played. We helped one group discover more about

a tragedy that took place just off the south coast.

Deep below the surface just a few miles south of the Isle of Wight

lies a shattered wreck. Destroyed by a German torpedo, she

lay forgotten for 100 years. But now a chance find means her story can at

last be told. And tributes paid to the men who perished in the icy cold

waters. It's 2.00 am and merchant marine Frank Gleadhill is woken by a

jolt. He is one of 28 crew on board a small steam ship, The South

Western, en route to France from Southampton. The ship is carrying

vital supplies for troops fighting in the last throws of the Great War.

But in a few hours' time, the South Western would be sunk and most of

the crew would be dead. Today, I've been invited to join a

team of marine archaeologists who are heading out to sea to rediscover

the South Western. There are more than 250 World War I

wrecks along the south coast of England alone.

They're time capsules waiting to tell the story of the huge war

effort which took place at sea. The South Western is five miles south

off St Katherine's Point and the target for our survey.

Skipper Dave Wendes spent years searching for her final resting

place. He only solved the mystery of her whereabouts when he brought up

cutlery from a site he thought had no connection. This was a fish knife

that came off it first. What was intriguing was it gave the name of

the vessel here. And it wasn't until recently I discovered that it was a

vessel owned by the same company but under a different name. That vessel

sank outside Jersey in the 1890s. They evidently salvaged a lot of its

gear which was redistributed to other ships of the company.

Secondhand cutlery. Then it was a couple of years later after that the

real clincher came up, which was these forks, knife and fork here,

which has the company crest of the London and South Western Railway

Company. This one, which is just South Western Railway motif on it.

The thing that makes it person is when you think someone, possibly at

the time of the sinking could have been holding these, these were held

by someone who lost their life. Definitely. They were in the ship

being used on a regular basis. The ship goes down. That's it. The South

Western was one of hundreds of ships commandeered for service to help

with the war effort. Men and supplies needed to be shipped from

Britain to the front line in France. But to cross the Channel merchant

ships who were particularly vulnerable, played a deadly game of

cat and mouse with German U`boats, many of which patrolled around the

Solent. The U`boats were a formidable force. 50% of all British

merchant shipping was sunk by the German campaign.

It's these wrecks archaeologists are attempting to map and survey, before

they are reclaimed by the sea. Rivo's great grand`dad Frederick

Miller drowned when the South Western went down. Fred from

Southampton left behind a wife and five children. He has a very warm

and friendly face, I think. That's a small pipe he is holding, as well.

He looks very happy and very... Almost Santa`like. He has that round

face and happy eyes, I think. What Seems a shame he was taken away from

his family while some children were so very young. What Riva doesn't

know is we have unearthed an eyewitness account of exactly what

happened on the night the South Western was lost. It's all thanks to

this man, Frank Gleadhill, a crewmate of her grandfather and one

of the few survivors. Riva's never seen the account, until now. OK, so,

you said that you weren't aware that there were survivors. Not

originally, it was recently I discovered there were survivors. And

we have survivors' reports which will hopefully give you more of an

insight of what happened. I woke up feeling unwell... I felt a jar

throughout the ship which caused me to go on deck... What's happening? I

asked what was the matter and was told something suspicious was about

about. Then I heard the Captain shout out to keep a sharp look out

on both sides of the ship. At this moment the torpedo struck our ship

on the starboard side. Both number one and number two had disappeared

from the platform. They knew that was it, they knew they were fighting

for survival now. Help, help! They didn't have long, once that torpedo

had struck the ship went down in something like eight minutes. I saw

a lifeboat floating and swam to her and was able to pull myself up. We

both remained there until we were rescued at 6.00 am. It sort of

brings it home more. It's a personal account. Before most of what I had

seen was just a list of facts. This is experiences and it's just a total

different way of thinking about the whole event. It would have been

freezing cold. The idea that you know you are going down must be

terrifying. It's almost being in the wrong place at the wrong time. It's

almost sheer bad luck. It is, yes. Very much bad luck. The fact that

you happen to be in the sights of the U`boat Captain and they get it

right at the wrong time really. Joan Shergold is another great grandchild

of Frederick Miller. Can you see the torch there? Yeah. Gradually more

will become clear. Joan was keen to see the marine archaeologist's

footage of the ship and even more surprised when she discovered her

family was a lot larger than she realised. You don't necessarily

associate these things until sudden suddenly it hits you, absolutely

amazing. Nearly 100 years ago... 100 years ago has put me in touch with a

family that I didn't really know that I had. Here we are sitting

nearly 100 years on talking about it. You are wear wearing a ring

which belonged to him. Came to me from my father and he said I don't

like to see you walking around without a ring on your finger and

three children, he said. I put it on. I suddenly realised I was

sitting twisting it one night, and I remembered hearing my father say

that, it belonged to my father. He gave it to his son... He gave it to

his son. The survey of the South Western is complete. The

archaeologists will use this data to help create a permanent record of

every World War I wreck in the area. I have been wanting to dive this

wreck for a long time now. I was looking on the chart before I went

in and you see the cabins for the carpenter, the Stokers and you

realise those guys, that was their home. Men died down there and we

must never forget that. You go on these wrecks and it's very exciting

but a lot of people go down with them. It's very dramatic. And quite

moving to really appreciate those events almost 100 years ago and yet

there's still material there that can take us back in touch with those

times and the things those people went through. I think it's a good

thing that there's a tangible piece of evidence that they were there.

The trouble with a lot of them is the fact there isn't a grave you can

go to, being lost at sea must be even worse. You haven't got anything

but if you know there is a wreck there and you know where it is then

you think that's the point of their demise, that's where they are.

And don't forget there's plenty more online. Finally, you might remember

last year we looked at obesity levels here in the south. At the

time we asked if any of you wanted to change your lives for the better.

A mum and daughter from Worthing got in touch and we have been following

them ever since. Veg, potatoes. I love all the wrong

foods. I have a sweet tooth. I like to eat rather eat a chocolate cake

than eat a chicken dinner, that's being totally honest that's because

of my cravings for sweet things and I can't get over that. Well,

couldn't I should say. I have done slimming World Weightwatchers. Slim

Fast, I have done the Atkins Diet. Cabbage soup diet, banana and water

diet, all the quick`fixes, I have done it and tried it and failed at

it miserableably because I have not been in the frame of mind to want it

that bad enough. I have always known it's a problem but I think I have

been in denial and that's a major thing. If you can't change your

mindset about wanting to lose weight you will always be big. Jackie's

changing now. Fresh chicken is in the oven and vegetables are heading

into the steamer. Jackie's daughter Hannah has agreed to join the new

food regime but does she have any regrets? To be honest I really

don't. If I was to pick one thing I don't think I would be able to

because I don't miss anything. Lifestyle change number two? They've

joined a gym. With Hannah at just over 17 stone and her mum tipping

the scales at 23`and`a`half, how much weight does Jackie aim to lose

I want to half my body weight. I want to be 12 stone or just under.

Jackie has one item of clothing she dreams of fitting into. The oning

thing I have never been able to buy or wear and it's not what you think,

it's a pair of Wellingtons. I have never been able to wear them. My

legs have been too big. I can't wait for that day to get a pair of

Wellingtons. Six months and one particularly

fetching hair`do for Hannah later, we catch up with our girls at

Chessington World of Adventure. They have visited theme parks before but

Jackie has always been too big to fit into the seats so has never

ridden a rollercoaster, until today, that is.

We have just been on the vampire ride and to fit in the seat, I am

ecstatic. I want to go on it again it was that good. I screamed the

whole way around. It was really fun. I said you would fit in. You did. I

should have more confidence. You want to go on everything now.

Totally. That was six months ago. But we

caught up with them last week in their new gym. Working out like

they've done, injuries permitting, all year. To be honest I am a bit

shocked it's been a year, it's passed so quickly. I started off

being fat. And now I am not as fat. Last year when I started this

journey I weighed just over 23`and`a`half stone. Today I am four

stone`ish lighter. Size 22, gone from a 32. I am very proud of myself

for doing that. Hannah has lost three stone. That makes her four

sizes smaller on the outside but she says she's also changed on the

inside, too. I feel a lot more confident in myself. Over the summer

I wore a dress with no sleeves in it and I didn't have a cardigan on

which is the first time I have done something like that. I was proud of

myself to get that far. I am proud of her. She's done well especially

with the back problems she has now, so we will fight this. Fight the fat

as they say and we will win. Get move moving! It's only you stopping

yourself doing it. Make any decisions you can bausz if you want

to change you can `` because if you want to change you can. You need the

willpower and once you have that you need to keep it up.

And that just goes to prove what happens when you get in touch. Don't

forget the e`mail: That's it for this week. I will see

you next time. Next week: We investigate why the

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